At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
In time
In space
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Overview
In 902/1496 al-Suyuti succeeded in having himself nominated "supreme qadi" by the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil in Cairo, but the caliph had to retract when faced with the hostility of the ʿulamaʾ. For al-Suyuti, the Abbasid caliphs were the incarnation of legitimacy, the best guarantors of the revealed Law and the prophetic Sunna 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
- Occurred at
- Cairo
- During the reign of
- al-Mutawakkil ala Allah II, Abd al-Aziz ibn Ya'qub
People and things also explored
Al-Suyuti takes charge of the Baybarsiyya and begins to withdraw, 891/1486· Al-Suyuti declares himself a mujtahid, c. 888/1483· Al-Suyuti announces himself as the renewer of the ninth century, c. 898/1492· Cairo· Al-Suyuti begins his formal studies, 864/1460· Death of al-Suyuti’s father, 855/1451· Al-Suyuti revives hadith dictation at the mosque of Ibn Tulun, 872/1467· Al-Suyuti’s complete retreat to Rawda island, 906/1501
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 9 p. 914
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Suyuti named 'supreme qadi' by the caliph, then the nomination is retracted, 902/1496”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/al-suyuti-supreme-qadi-902/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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